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So you mean to tell me that MotoGP saw Aprilia have a 1-2-3-4 lockout of its Grand Prix, and yet arguably made their World Championship situation worse? Oh boy.
It turns out it kinda did end up that way? In Indonesia, the story of the weekend started on Saturday when a four wide between Fernandez, Bezzecchi, Marquez and Diggia ended up with Martin going from 5th to 1st, Marquez going to second, and Fernandez and Bezzecchi took themselves out of action in a chain reaction. But with Jorge Martin triggering his tyre pressure warning system, he had to cough up a Sprint win and ultimately finished four, giving Marquez an easy Sprint win in Mandalika.
Martin came back to finish 3rd in the GP was Bez won his first GP in 133 days, but with Marquez 6th, the Championship gap is STILL just 2 points with five races to go. Did Aprilia fumble the bag? Do they need team orders? And has this handed the advantage back to Marc Marquez? 
There's also a rant about the terrible state of Michelin tyres as Mandalika forced the final appearance of the heat-protected carcass rear that's been the bain of the sport for half a decade. Oh, and is fining riders for missing promotional events a good thing?

Hard to believe that this was ther 10th time Max Verstappen has tried and he's now finally won the Singapore Grand Prix. And he did it with a Sprint win in what was a dominant weekend, but with a few twists thrown in for shits and giggles.
We had George Russell briefly lead said Sprint after another half an hour torrential downpour - Nature of having two races in two weeks around the equator. So of course, Russell stacked it a lap in. We also had Ferrari get in the mix, but a radio blackout and some miscommunications cost them a likely double podium finish. We also had the McLaren's hit each other in the Sprint's final lap too.
Overall, this was a messy, messy race weekend. And we haven't even discussed the new news of the week - F1's returning to Africa for the first time since Kyalami in 1993. We're going to Rwanda for the African Grand Prix, sometime in the early 2030's. But there's some problematic questions that need answering with it...

It's quickly becoming a two-horse race in MotoGP land as Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin threw down at Motegi for the Japanese Grand Prix, and this time it was Marquez that came out on top as he took his fifth Double Victory of the 2026 season and move to within two points of the Championship lead. But how we got there messy as yet more Michelin tyre drama got in the way. 
This time around, Michelin brought the stiffer carcass rear tyre as a reserve, that ultimately ended up being the main race tyre after multiple rear tyres started failing towards the end of the Sprint. And turns out, it was the best race tyre of the weekend too. Dre, RJ and Cam break it all down.
They also talk about the surprise performances of Enea Bastianini and Somkiat Chantra, as well as the first reaction to the big news of the day, as MotoGP announced a new weekend format, with less practice, and Sprint Qualifying introduced on a Friday. Will it work in the long run?

Well, this was a messy mothertrucker and a half wasn't it? Formula 1 went all in for a return to Sepang for the first Grand Prix in Malaysia since 2017, even with all the Bahrain branding, Gulf Air sponsorship and even 500 Bahraini marshals flown in for the occasion. Weird.
And it took us 105 minutes to get this race going after a torrential downpour on Sunday, followed by an embarassing engine software bug that led to the FIA scrambling to fix themselves after their own regulations pigeon-holed's the cars. A genuinely good return to Malaysia, tainted by yet another cock-up by a sport whose power-units are clearly too complicated to function as is.
Anyway, Max Verstappen completely dominated the outlier weekend that was, to take his streak of winning seasons up to 11 and score his 72nd win for Red Bull, now the second most of any driver/team combination ever (Only Hamilton's 84 with Mercedes is greater). We talk how he did, how George Russell's late engine blowout effectively ends the title fight, and how Hamilton had to charge through the field on slicks on a damp track just to get back where he started (in spectacular fashion). 
Also in the news, more talk about Esteban Ocon leaving Haas at the end of the season for Rafa Camara, and James Vowles at Williams plan to try and update the cost cap.

We're really sorry this episode came out later than billed, we had a medical emergency at our original recording date and we doubled this up on Sunday with our Baku recording instead. We'll make it up to you down the toad, promise. 
In the meantime, in this episode, we catchup on the Austrian Grand Prix as Pedro Acosta finally takes his maiden victory, after 56 starts and 15 times on the second of third step of the podium. We breakdown how Michelin bringing its stiffer carcass rear tyre finally allowed KTM to bridge the gap to the Aprilia and Ducati's, and how nervous we all were when Pedro crashed out from an easy Sprint win.
We talk more about the state of the title battle, and the fascinating place its in. Marquez loses 12 points to Jorge Martin, who took the Sprint and second in the GP after a front brake issue hampered Marquez to fifth. Who is favoured going into the flyaway stretch? Who else could potentially play spoiler with Ai Ogura back to good health and Marco Bezzecchi not out of the running at 42 points back. Could Pedro still limp his way back in too?
Also we chat about Yamaha's new nadir after another horrendous weekend, and the potential change to the weekend format. Is Sprint Qualifying coming to MotoGP next year?